{"product_id":"claras-war-one-girls-story-of-survival","title":"Clara's War: One Girl's Story of Survival","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the classic vein of \u003cem\u003eThe Diary of Anne Frank\u003c\/em\u003e--a heart-wrenching and inspiring story of a life lived in fear and cramped quarters--\u003cem\u003eClara's War\u003c\/em\u003e is a true story of the Holocaust.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCara Kramer was a typical Polish-Jewish teenager from a small town at the outbreak of the Second World War. When the Germans invaded, Clara's family was taken in by the Becks, a \u003cem\u003eVolksdeutsche\u003c\/em\u003e (ethnically German) family from their town. Mrs. Beck worked as Clara's family's housekeeper. Mr. Beck was known to be an alcoholic, a womanizer, and a vocal anti-Semite. But on hearing that Jewish families were being led into the woods and shot, Beck sheltered the Kramers and two other Jewish families.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEighteen people in all lived in a bunker dug out of the Becks' basement. Fifteen-year-old Clara kept a diary during the twenty terrifying months she spent in hiding, writing down details of their unpredictable life--from the house's catching fire to Mr. Beck's affair with Clara's neighbor; from the nightly SS drinking sessions in the room above to the small pleasure of a shared Christmas carp. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst all odds, Clara lived to tell her story, and her diary is now part of the permanent col-lection of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51944104067303,"sku":"9780061728617","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_ad9cf6d6-ba2c-478d-90b6-7065479a3104.jpg?v=1775352638","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/claras-war-one-girls-story-of-survival","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}